Welcome To Perfection
"That is the perfect picture"
"We have the perfect relationship"
"I want a perfect body"
"I’m just looking for the perfect man"
"I’ve spent my life looking for the perfect woman"
The list is certainly endless. I wonder if, as a society, we haven’t gone a little overboard in our ideals.
Hmmm… let’s see what the dictionary says:
per·fect (pûr f
kt)
adj.
- Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
- Being without defect or blemish: a perfect specimen.
- Thoroughly skilled or talented in a certain field or area; proficient.
- Completely suited for a particular purpose or situation: She was the perfect actress for the part.
When was the last time you ever really saw a perfect anything? Let’s be honest with ourselves here. You parents and grand-parents out there restrain yourselves… it’s a given that the kids were perfect when they were born.
So what is our search for perfection costing us in the long run? Are we any smarter, stronger, or prettier? Maybe a scientiest, a biologist, would say that in a society searching for perfection in everything, eventually natural selection would set in and choose the best specimens out of the gene pool to continue the species. Here’s a thought though… are we any happier searching for perfection?
If, in the end, we are the best looking, strongest, smartest bunch of egomaniacle human beings who ever walked the earth… what have we really gained?
For whatever reason we were created, it is my opinion that: if we and the world around us were meant to be perfect–we would have been created that way. To look at it a different way… through the process of evolution human beings have evolved into what we are today. Are we evolving into happier human beings in the process?
I’ve often cautioned people about the choices they make. The interesting thing about human beings is that we actually have a choice about the path evolution will take for us. A lion has no choice, nor any sense of what his species may one day become… human beings do. We might want to think about the paths we’re taking now.